I'd recommend looking at the Canonet QL17 GIII. It's firmly in budget, well built, often referred to as a poor man's Leica. It's a rangefinder with a fixed lens but it's quick and sharp - f1.7!! What makes it perfect for the bike though is that it's smaller than an SLR (or a Leica actually), well built (mostly metal) and fasrt loading. It can be used in totally manual mode or with shutter priority. The unavailaility of the original mercury battery is a total non-issue: there are lots of options out there from Wein cells to adaptors or Sunny 16 if you really want go manual.
On Friday, 16 August 2019 05:14:14 UTC+1, Drw wrote: > > I think this is on topic. I’ve been semi inspired by all the camera > content, but moreso, after having a kid, I’m becoming more interested In > having hard copy documentation of things (I have a printer. I never print > anything), for him to have when he gets older. > > I know my way around the operation of cameras, not expertly, but I’ve > taken some classes etc. what I have no idea about is what brands, models, > years are good. > > Is there something between a full manual and a full automatic? I think I’d > probably not end up using a manual slr at this point in my life. A point > and shoot may be better, but something in between would be cool if it > exists. > > So what do people like for good quality, durable, quick/easy to use > cameras? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/5e67e72c-77df-433a-b130-cbb5e1946134%40googlegroups.com.
